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Make a cell in Excel display as text
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Make a cell in Excel display as text

  • Subject: Make a cell in Excel display as text
  • From: Jim Brandt <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 17:48:06 -0500
I need help with Excel scripting.

I'm building a spreadsheet that has a column that has numerical data but it needs to be shown as text. i.e. the value "0322" needs to be seen in the cell as 0322, not the number 322. I need the leading "0".

This can be done if I can figure out how to tell Excel that the cell contains text, not a number.

I tried using a formula:

set value of cell ("B" & RowNum) to "=text(" & (item 2 of RowItems) & ",\"0000\")"

but the people wanting the spreadsheet said I can't use a formula in the cell, it has to be the text of the numerical data only.

So, does anyone know how to tell Excel, using Applescript, that the format of a cell is text?

TIA,

Jim Brandt



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